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Mwansa Kapeya tells VOA that President Sata is not Sick, but in Israel to woo investors

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Acting Chief Government Spokesperson Mwansa Kapeya
Acting Chief Government Spokesperson Mwansa Kapeya

Acting Chief Government Spokesperson Mwansa Kapeya has told the Voice of America (VOA) news that President Micael Sata has just gone Israel to woo some investors from that country.

“He has just gone there to woo some investors from that country. It’s a working holiday in fact,” he said. “We are a developing country so when the president travels out, he is there to market Zambia.”

Mr Kapeya also told that interviewer that Zambia and Israel have had strong bilateral relations since independence from former colonial power, Britain.

[pullquote]Mr Kapeya maintained that President Sata is fit and chaired a cabinet meeting shortly before making the trip to Israel.[/pullquote]

“The friendship has been cordial since independence. In fact we are an agricultural related country and Israel is also in that line,” he said. “Since the first republic…we were having a lot of Israelis coming to Zambia to move us ahead in terms of pushing agriculture forward, and indeed Israel has been a friend to Zambia since independence.”

Mr Kapeya maintained that President Sata is fit and chaired a cabinet meeting shortly before making the trip to Israel.

“He is on a working holiday in Israel. If he were sick, he wouldn’t have traveled,” said Mr Kapeya.

“In fact just last week Monday he chaired the usual cabinet meeting and before he left I was with him talking to him and we were always talking about developmental issues in the country.”

Citing security concerns, Mr.Kapeya declined to say how long President Sata will be out of the country. He chose Justice Minister, Wynter Kabimba to act as president during his absence.

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75 COMMENTS

  1. Why VOA wants to know the wheareabouts of our Beloved President? do we ask them ourselves?? The president is a good negotiator, he never comes empty handed wheever he goes outside zambia, so we even wish now he brings israeli investors not chinese

    • Can somebody tell these PF Kaponyas that they are in a hole on this one and that it is time to stop digging further down , but just stay silent and wait for rescue.

      Their lies keep pilling. Everybody knows that it was only former MMD President FTJ Chiluba who restored Zambia’s diplomatic ties with Israel, KK broke ties over palestenian issue and always supported PLO.

      Kapeya is lying again on this and anybody who has been to UNZA will tell you that todate UNZA has signs of Zambia breaking ties with Isreal. Some structures are still incomplete because of that KK decision.

      Please PF keep quiet and stop digging futher please.

    • Lol, like he came back with a bucket of investors from India and eu. My frend dont be an idio.t ni kuseniseni. Sata is on holiday in Israel period. For security reasons we don’t know when he is coming back, that obviously makes sense. . . A lot of sense

    • VOA is asking cos there is something fishy here. There is so many secrets in PF that should be public. Even if he had gone to woe investors, why was it kept like a secret? Could we demand the pics or videos when Sata handed Summer the powers to be acting president? Time will tell, you can run but can nuh hide. There is loads of looting by so called leaders that were supposed to be role models…….big belly sick dem role models.

    • you’re still lieing you maggots, Mwansa you’re so pathetic mwandi. I am getting irritated all the time you open your mouth. You’re making all of us stonge PF cadres to feel ashamed. I think it’s better you just keep your mouth shut!!!!!

    • damit! now i know these ministers hate Sata and love kabimba,,,,,,, it was better for kapeya to excuse himself from the interview than to flame up lies,,,,,,
      What kapeya does not know is this is not 1960 politics,,,,,,,,,, kapeya`s lies can force someone to smuggle Sata`s pics in coma and his medical records and leak them to the media,,,, ,,,,, actually kapeya`s lies is increasing the price tag of any leaked truth or facts on the subject!!

      sometimes it better to just shut up than challenge stupi!d lies!

    • Zambians again wanting to hear just what they want to hear and how they want to hear it.What a nation we are.Don`t be blind to the truth.Don`t worry he will get sick and die when the right time comes.This news might have broken your heart and put you in denial but this is life.Get on with it.

    • Remember Saddam Hussein’s comical Ali denials of any loss by Iraq force at the time the allied invasion was in full throttle?! Mwansa is our own comical Ali. And I would laugh if it were not that a life of someone’s father, uncle and grand dad is at stake. Sata is not just President but first and foremost he is a dear loved one to his family. What is there to gain to perish for a nation who wont even look after your children; we have an example in late Patrick Levy Mwanawasa (SC) – MHSRIP.

    • Might someone inform these remnants of human beings (all PF leadership and, rank and file membership) especially that stupid half educated white racist unemployed hobo, Guy Scott, to retract his stupid remarks he said about Tonga people. Guy Scott is a visitor in Zambia and strictly speaking there is no room for him in Zambia. Zambia is too small for him and the very same Tongas will chase him just like what the black Zimbabwean land grabbers did to stupid arrogant white racists. Scott has a short memory of a goldfish, and the duration of the memory of a gold is one second. A goldfish has a one second memory and nothing beyond that limited period. The same applies to Guy Scott’s memory and he is not our hero (all indigenous tribes in Zambia). Scott is a symbol of inequality,colonialism

    • Might someone inform these remnants of human beings (all PF leadership and, rank and file membership) especially that stupid half educated white racist unemployed hobo, Guy Scott, to retract his stupid remarks he said about Tonga people. Guy Scott is a visitor in Zambia and strictly speaking there is no room for him in Zambia. Zambia is too small for him and the very same Tongas will chase him just like what the black Zimbabwean land grabbers did to stupid arrogant white racists. Scott has a short memory of a goldfish, and the duration of the memory of a gold is one second. A goldfish has a one second memory and nothing beyond that limited period. The same applies to Guy Scott’s memory and he is not our hero (all indigenous tribes in Zambia). Scott is a symbol of inequality,colonialism

    • i did not realize how pipo can joke with some1’s sickness, so this Kapeya guy is telling us that H>>E is wooing investors from that bed with probably medical tubes all over…i think Kapeya deserves a “canular” through his brains..

    • Guy Scott holds a PhD in Economics which was conferred upon him at a reputable University in the United Kingdom (UK). However, Scott’s education is obsolete, meaning that it is no longer useful in contemporary times because modern economic problems require intricate solutions which must be or ought to updated regularly by improving old theories or developing new theories which can enhance or discard old theories in a rigorous scientific model/perspective. There are so many theoretical methods which are applicable when a researcher attempts or rather enhances an existing flawed theory in an given discipline which presents a particular problem to be solved. Interestingly enough no person climb a tree without holding on to a next branch or without grabbing another part of a tree. Similarly,

    • @ Ndobo, are you sure he is in a comma yet? So where is that other sick government spokesman, was he Dr Kabungo. Maybe he is with Sata or him died and Zambians where not informed?
      Did you hear Kapeya ending with “…our Minister of Injustice?”

    • Similarly, Guy Scott’s education in academia is only used as a point of reference in arguments where an academic emphasizes/stresses an argument and justifies his/her approved thesis or a publication. Simply put, or the other way round of saying/unpacking Scott’s obsolete qualification is that we in the academia refute such old-fashioned attainments on the basis of inapplicable, but we point out shortcomings which are inherent in such qualifications. Scott is a dog and an unemployed hobo. He symbolises an era of severe suppression which epitomises his racists intentions in Zambia. He has a dream of restructuring existing structures by inciting violence through his careless insinuations. Scott is attempting to vibrate eardrums of loose uneducated PF foot soldiers and he wants them to…

    • I am likening Guy Scott to a pig because his appearance resembles that of the animal which I currently use as a point of reference in this liberating discourse. Scott has attempted to mitigate his racist remarks about Tongas by equating his derogatory utterances with his selfish unbalanced interests he has in another dying dog (Sata). Whilst riding his meal ticket horse (PF), Scott accused some of the fearless ZWD journalists of unfair/improper reporting in which his paymaster (Sata) was exposed as a liar who sees it fit to mislead Zambians. Scott reacted by insulting all Tongas and, in his latest stupid apology he connects his haterage he has for the best ZWD journalism to his similar racist haterage he has for Tongas. A pack of laughable racist self-destructive hallucinations.

    • BOOM & WHATEVER# 1.11
      (A) ought to be updated
      (B) in any given discipline
      (C) no person can climb a tree

    • This year’s annual Gay Pride Parade in Tel aviv, Israel lasted for 7 days!!! From June 8th to June 14th. Videos and Pictures avaliable online for free!!

    • What an insult to people’s intelligence: “We are a developing country so when the president travels out, he is there to market Zambia,” said Mwansa Kapeya. Really?

  2. Why is Kapeya acting? Where is the minister of information? Is he also in SA wooing investors at Morning Side?

  3. This reminds me of one a.s.s. hole of a ministers who announced to the nation that Mwanawasa was fit and jogging in the UK….

    I guess history repeating its self ………..

  4. This is a lesson to the nation.To Mwansa Kapeya Sata’s illness is a state secret when the whole world knows.We have always known how long presidents before Sata remained out of the country in fact this would be announced by the state itself like “….the president will be on a 3 day state visit…”.I dont blame what is happenning on the likes of Mwansa Kapeya for it is Sata who chose them.He should now pay the price for chosing what he calls “useless ministers”.

  5. This is not Fwabukaya, mr.kapeya. This is reality. You are confused between lies, fiction & the real world.

  6. Hon Kapeya lies have short legs just remember this in all you say be it in cabinet or personal life. I wish MCS good health even though I won’t vote for PF again but what you are doing is fooling zambians to say the least. Surely this is so naïve of you to say he is wooing investors when we saw on TV that our president needs rest and medical attention. If he is working in Israel then all of you PF are on an agenda to shorten our president’s life on earth and for that there will be a backlash. Napwisha ine wine

  7. Very good at yapping hence you will forever be acting……check it out

    Still acting Chief gov´t spokes….

  8. What is so difficult about showing us pics of this dunderhead president in Israel? For those who watch ZNBC, has there been any coverage?

  9. This empty tin Kapeya reminds me of Saddam’s minster of information on live TV who was in denial of advancing American ground attack even when the could be heard in the background entering the city.

  10. Only in Zambia where an employee goes on leave as long as he/she wishes . Is it possible Mr. kapeya? For now you will manage to run away with it but you will definitely find it difficult to campaign during election period. Unless Zambians are very dull to forget so easily but not with me. Even if an angel was to understand on PF I doubt if you can win .The damage is quite big. Opposition unit so that you wire these people.

    • And you voted UPND a Regional Party which has no support in Northern, Luapula, Eastern, Muchinga, Copperbelt, Central and Lusaka provinces. Mukalalila fye lyonse.

    • @Njalamimba.

      Why have you left out North Western and Western Provinces?

      Why did you start with Northern, Luapula, Muchinga, Proviinces? How many votes did these tribal provinces give to the ones you cast aspersions on. Let me tell you, less than TWO THOUSAND (Shame – the level of tribalism is shocking)!

      Lusaka and Central is split whilst Copperbelt was done a Mindolo demolition donchi kubeba.

  11. Kapeya is such a cold and inhuman comedian, isn’t he. You are better off declining the interview than waffling such disgusting lies to the whole world! Slowly the whole world has now come to know that something is seriously amiss with our governance. In a short space of time we’ve had international media organisations such as Associated Press, Reuters and VOA sniffling for our presidential news!!

  12. Of course that is why Sata has ended up in this situation because he has surrounded himself with sub-human mongrels.

  13. …….TO WOO INVESTORS!…………Excuse me!

    REALLY, the ‘headline’ is nonsensical, ludicrous, funny, droll, comical, farcical, ZWD STYLE. What is the president’s wellbeing or sickness got to do with ATTRACTING investment?

    Has HH managed to by buy ZWD also?

  14. GENTLEMEN UNDERSTAND THAT KAPEYA AGREES WITH ALL OF YOU EXCEPT HE HAS TO DEFEND HIS JOB BY STICKING TO LIES.

    • @kwa george: Wise words. You know it is difficult for govt to say clearly that the president is ill and is undergoing treatment in Israel for various reasons – not least giving respect to the head of state. He is entitled to his privacy. So if he has instructed his ministers not to announce his illness – they just have to make do with creative lying.

      Let us just pray that our president recovers and hopefully returns home in good health. He has a big job to do – developing Zambia.

      God please heal our president.

  15. Guy don’t crucify Kapeya he is just saying what he is told to say to keep his job but it is very shameful if elderly people in society can sink so low just for the sake of keeping a job no morals no principles they can do anything to keep the job thats why it is so rare in africa to see people resign on principle i salute GBM,the rest Sata can swear at them and still hang on to the job fi shemuneni bane wow

    • its was better for him to excuse himself from the interview,,,, than for him to eat sh!t just because he was told so

  16. If indeed the President or anyone else is receiving medical treatment in Israel as allegedly reported by the Jerusalem Post, why should the reporter or the Israel official be ‘unidentified’?

    Remain unnonymous?

    • ‘Anonymous’ me thinks you meant to say – amazing that someone exists who is even more dull than ifyabukaya Kapeya!

    • BECAUSE YOUR GOVT IS INDICATING THAT IT SHOULD BE A SECRET.
      ITS BETTER TO DIPLOMATICALLY TELL THE TRUTH AND REMAIN ANONYMOUS. HOWEVER YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE REUTERS CITATION.

  17. Only in Zambia can a dim wit like this muppet, Mwansa Kapeya serve as a Senior Government Minister. He probably thinks we are all as dull as most PF cadres.

  18. Why has everyone forgotten that Mwansa Kapeya is Acting Minister of Misinformation? He has to misinform in order for him to get his salary. How else do you get your salary apart from doing your job very well?
    PF =PL. (Pathological Failures (PF) = Pathological Liars(PL)). This is the formula for Donch Kubeba. Why are we really surprised? It was a campaign message. Fortunately some of us failed to vote for them because we could not solve the above equation.

  19. What language does Mwansa Kapeya use to communicate official business? It seems he thinks in Bemba and tries to speak in English and in the process gets himself completely muddled up. He should be taken seriously.

  20. I honestly think the likes of Mwansa Kapeya should be executed when Sata passes on. It is a crime to keep on telling stinking lies like this while knowing only too well that Sata is busy breathing his last and not wooing investors. The Israelis themselves have confirmed Sata is admitted to a hospital in there, so why is Mwansa still lying that Ukwa is on holiday? These *****s, maybe they chose Israel thinking when Sata dies, they will burry him on Mt. Olives, he will arise like Christ in day 3 & come back to reclaim instruments of power from the cartel. Day dreamers!

  21. Ifyakusabailasabaila pa zed! no wonder you cant just befriend any jim and jack from zed when you are in the diaspora. mwabashani??! you cant just work together? at the end of the day all we want is peace and prosperity for mother zambia, but ngatamulelyako ninshi bwaba bwafya… lets say sata is dead, new election new president , then wat ?wat does that do for you apart from satisfying your ego? development is not a one off event like mwakwata workshop and everyone is receiving free diapers the next day… learn form abanesu , even nigerians are more together despite been crooked.

    Sincerely ,

    Lee Habaponta, Bsc, Msc, Phd

    • Nigerians have a functioning government and a president who talks to them you PF dullard. You want us to pretend everything is OK? Why would we do that?

  22. Is there anything stopping this government to say the truth?

    Malawi did the same and …….God forbid, not everything can be hidden.

    Let’s tell the truth and stop rumours, it also just helps to prepare the nation if the president ‘resigned’ on health grounds- no shocking news!!!

  23. ….we are better off discussing anything else but MCS condition saga…its proving to be irritating.
    it sounds like having an argument whether a young girl is pregnant or not..
    …..’she is pregnant….’
    …..’no, she is not. she has just gained weight’…

    ….let us save our energies on something productive and leave the argument to the mighty TIME. No-one can win an argument with TIME………..

  24. With Sata, this is how it will all end up. Please read this and know what the likes of Kapeya are heading us to:

    *********

  25. Sometimes you can tell all the lies in the world until you lie no more! We are as patient as the vultures. Time is the master and will catch up with PF very soon! It is not just right for leaders to keep lying and misleading the citizenry each day!

  26. From what I can tell, the “plan” goes something like this:

    1) Open mouth
    2) Insert foot
    3) Open mouth wider
    4) Insert other foot
    5) Chew
    6) Pretend not to look silly
    7) To be determined (….plan, what plan?)

  27. I don’t know where an issue lies on both sides. If Sata is in Hospital it does not matter to say so because all people fall sick. On the other side, it is also not good to wish or celebrate the sickness of your friend. What a well cultured person does is to pray for the sick because one day it will be you sick.

    Peace and Prosperity to Mother Zambia.

    • This survey is not in good faith. Did you get consent from RB’s family that he will stand in 2016. Dr Nevers Mumba is the party president for MMD. Did you also get consent from all the PF members that the candidate listed is their preferred choice.

  28. Are this village ***** Ministers and colonist Scott aware that the Israeli MOD will be informing CIA of Sata’s state of health minute by minute? Seems not otherwise they would be honest with Zambia and tell them Sata is ill lets all pray for him.

    • You mean MOSSAD. Yes the truth cannot be hidden Sata is in hospital. May be he will be in coma like Sharon for nearly 10 years. Now is time to prepare for new elections as Zambia will never accept Kabimba

  29. Mwebantu mwe , chachine mulibantunse… Fye ! With out knowing your fate or what comes your way ? Always looking at your friend life or health. Chansoni sana !!! Yesu alilandile ililileni mwebene ukuchila ifili pa mubiyo . (Abatuntulu baya , abalwele bashala) epo mpelele…!

  30. i don’t understand why a normal person will wish someone to to die.. death comes in a way you least expect.. u can die and the sick person remains.. ati ama Christians from a christian nation.. no respect for fellow humans..

  31. Mwansa Kapeya tells VOA that President Sata is not Sick, but in Israel to woo investors
    Jun 27, 2014 6:47 am 74 7,142 views Email This Post Email This Post |Print This Post Print This Post
    Acting Chief Government Spokesperson Mwansa KapeyaActing Chief Government Spokesperson Mwansa Kapeya

    Acting Chief Government Spokesperson Mwansa Kapeya has told the Voice of America (VOA) news that President Micael Sata has just gone Israel to woo some investors from that country.

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